US 12,302,913 B2
Height adjustable poultry shackle
David Scott Hazenbroek, Klaaswaal (NL); and Juul Floris Van Den Berg, Roosendaal (NL)
Assigned to Foodmate B.V., Numansdorp (NL)
Appl. No. 17/427,828
Filed by Foodmate B.V., Numansdorp (NL)
PCT Filed Feb. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/NL2020/050068
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/162753, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022549 (NL), filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142188 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A22C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 21/0007 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A poultry shackle including:
a carrier arranged to be attached to a conveyor system and having a bore;
a shaft extending through the bore, wherein the shaft is movable relative to the carrier along an axial direction of the bore; and
a retainer movable relative to the carrier at an angle;
wherein the retainer is slidable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the bore between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, the retainer engages the shaft for maintaining the shaft in a predetermined axial position relative to the carrier, and wherein in the second position, the retainer disengages from the shaft for allowing axial movement of the shaft relative to the carrier.